Freedom Mobile’s crazy $40/250GB deal might be over, but it’s not entirely gone. The carrier has now replaced the plan with a $50/250GB option instead, available for a “limited time” with no specified end date.
The new plan is essentially the same as before, but with a slight change to how the discounts work. The original deal was a $40 monthly bring your own phone (BYOP) bill credit applied to Freedom’s $85/250GB plan. Coupled with the carrier’s $5 autopay discount (dubbed ‘Digital Discount’), it brought the final monthly cost to $40. Now, Freedom has adjusted the BYOP credit to $30/mo – $50/250GB or $55/250GB without the autopay discount.
As before, the credit will be applied to your first month of service and will continue to be applied “as long as you remain active on an eligible plan as a bring your own phone customer.” Unfortunately, if you change your plan from the 250GB one, it will also void the discount. That said, Freedom still applies its ‘Price Freeze Promise’ to the $50/250GB plan, so there’s not much reason to switch unless a better deal comes along.
Beyond the change to the discount, the plan’s features remain the same. Here’s everything you get for $50/mo:
- 250GB 5G data (unlimited use at throttled speeds after cap, 5G speeds theoretical peak of up to 900Mbps).
- 50GB Roam Beyond data (works in 120+ destinations).
- Unlimited talk, text, and data use in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
- Unlimited Roam Beyond talk and text.
While not as good as the previous $40 deal, the $50/250GB promo is still a lot better than most competing offers out there, especially when you factor in the roaming. Most of the lower-cost providers, like Fido or Koodo, charge $50 or more for Canada-wide plans with 100GB of data, while the Big Three charge over $80/mo for 250GB. Some of the bigger players do include roaming options (e.g., Telus has an $85/250GB plan with data, talk, and text in Canada and 68 international destinations), but Freedom still wins on price and value.
Beyond the $50/250GB plan, Freedom’s other options haven’t changed since the carrier refreshed its plans at the end of February. Unfortunately, it’s not clear how long the $50 deal will stick around, and it remains to be seen what impact (if any) it has on the wider wireless industry. Freedom’s $40/250GB plan sparked a series of flash sales from Public Mobile, Koodo, and Fido, though those wrapped up yesterday as well. Here’s hoping the $50/250GB plan continues to pressure providers to offer cheaper plans.
